Millions poured into US presidential race
President George Bush’s record fund raising approached €187m as July began, leaving him with tens of millions in the bank and several weeks of private donations to come before he accepts a government cheque for his election campaign in early September.
Bush had spent roughly €129m on his re-election effort up the end of June – €9.75m of it last month – a campaign finance report he filed today with the Federal Election Commission showed.
